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The Proofs for the Establisher of the Baha'i Faith The Proofs for the Establisher of the Baha'i Faith All of the religions have had an establisher. Adam had Enoch, Jesus had Paul, Moses had Joshua, and today Baha'u'llah's establisher is a modern day Joshua. The purpose of establishers is to establish the revelation of the Prophet into the world. This is why 2/3's of the New Testament is written by Paul, because he established Jesus' Revelation in the world by teaching it to the Gentiles. Another purpose for the establisher is the violation of the Covenant. You have just read the Covenant Fireside and are aware of what happened after the passing of Shoghi Effendi. It was in the plan of God all along to send the establisher to set things back on track and re-establish the Davidic Kingship into the Universal House of Justice. Just as the Manifestations are prophesied by name, address, date, and mission; in this Revelation the establisher is prophesied by the same golden criteria, which is the measuring rod to determine if a person has been sent by God or not. That is, the Promised One is prophesied by the name that He's going to come in, the address at which He's supposed to appear, the date that He's supposed to arrive, and what He's going to do when He gets here. These are the four factors you find on a calling card or a business card, and only one person in the world fulfills the criteria given in the Bible for the coming of the Promised One. For instance, there was only one person prophesied by the name Jesus that was born in Bethlehem, that came at the date given by Daniel, and that atoned for sin by dying on the cross. These prophecies will never be fulfilled again by anybody else. The establisher of the Baha'i Faith also fulfills prophecy in the same manner. `Abdu'l-Baha spoke of the coming of the establisher in Some Answered Questions in his commentary on the eleventh chapter of the Revelation of St. John. This was written in 1906: The seventh angel is a man qualified with heavenly attributes, who will arise with heavenly qualities and character. Voices will be raised, so that the appearance of the Divine Manifestation will be proclaimed and diffused. In the day of the manifestation of the Lord of Hosts, and at the epoch of the divine cycle of the Omnipotent which is promised and mentioned in all the books and writings of the Prophets - in that day of God, the Spiritual and Divine Kingdom will be established, and the world will be renewed; a new spirit will be breathed into the body 1 of creation; the season of the divine spring will come; the clouds of mercy will rain; the sun of reality will shine; the life-giving breeze will blow; the world of humanity will wear a new garment; the surface of the earth will be a sublime paradise; mankind will be educated; wars, disputes, quarrels and malignity will disappear; and truthfulness, righteousness, peace and the worship of God will appear; union, love and brotherhood will surround the world; and God will rule for evermore - meaning that the Spiritual and Everlasting Kingdom will be established. Such is the day of God. (Pages: 56-57) The definition of the word 'angel' is a "messenger, harbinger," it is the job of the Seventh Angel to establish the Kingdom by re-establishing the Covenant. Abdu'l-Baha says that the seventh angel "is a man", so he is speaking of a man that is going to come with a message. This is a prophecy for a man that "will arise" to establish the Kingdom of God on Earth. This man is Dr. Leland Jensen, Knight of Baha'u'llah, who is the Establisher of Baha'u'llah's Revelation. Before we get into the prophecies he fulfills, we're going to talk about his life because it is germane to how he fulfills the Golden Criteria. Dr. Leland Jensen, was born August 22, 1914; a third generation Baha'i on his mothers side. He is a descendant of the Tribe of Dan through both parents whose names were Christ Jensen and Daisy Dell Petersen. Christ's father, Neils, was a blacksmith in Denmark; this job was reserved to royalty because the blacksmith also acted as Justice of the Peace, this job was related to the kingship. His father was descended from the Kings of Denmark who were descendants of tribe of Dan who act as judge. Israel was composed of the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob whose name was changed to Israel (Genesis 33:28). Before he passed on, he gave to each of his sons a blessing. The blessing he gave to Dan is recorded Genesis 49:16: "Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel." The symbol of the tribe of Dan is the Seraphim, the flaming serpent with wings, which is symbolic of the spiritual intellect. The intellect that is not spiritual is depicted as a serpent crawling on the ground. When Shalemancer V conquered Jerusalem in 721 BC, the tribes were taken captive, and the Dan's were scattered. They migrated to Denmark and everywhere they went they left their mark, (i.e. Danube River, Dansmark, etc...) When Christ was 4 years old, his parents, Neils and Agnes, migrated to America from Denmark. Dr. Jensen's parents were among the first Baha'is in America and they were very well studied in the Baha'i Faith. They had read the books and were busy teaching the Cause to other people. Being brought up in a Baha'i home, Dr. Jensen would listen to his father and mother talk about the Baha'i Faith to people that came to the door and to those they met in the marketplace. They 2 held firesides in the home, and he had the experience of hearing his parents teach the Faith. He attended the Baha'i firesides of other people as well as going to Baha'i Centers where they had speakers once a week that would come and give public lectures. His parents met 'Abdu'l-Baha when He traveled to the America's in 1912. Abdu'l-Baha anointed Doc's mother with Adder of Rose, which is an Extract of Roses. When Abdu'l-Baha ascended in 1921, many did not want to accept His successor, Shoghi Effendi. Dr. Jensen was seven years old at this time and was in the Baha'i Center where he saw Don Balotti pounding on the piano. He asked his father why Don was pounding on the piano and his father told him that Don was going against the Guardian (Don did not want to accept Shoghi Effendi and was therefore breaking the Covenant.) This made a lasting impression on Dr. Jensen and he made an oath never to go against the Guardian. At an early age, he began teaching the Baha'i Faith to his friends. When he got older, he became more proficient, and was able to bring several of these young people into the Faith. Later on, after he got married, he and his wife, Opal, finished college and got their doctorates in natural medicine and became Chiropractic Doctors. They attended the School of Drugless Physicians and graduated in 1944. Opal was the valedictorian and Dr. Jensen graduated with distinction (cum laude). They didn't have much time for teaching then because they both had to work since they had worked their way through school. But after they graduated, after practicing for a while, they moved to St. Louis, into a mansion, and they moved the Baha'i Center into their home because it was very large. Again, they were back to teaching the Faith. Shoghi Effendi had two seven year plans for bringing the Faith to the peoples of this world, and he had a three year period in between the two seven year plans. In 1951, he set up the first International Baha'i Council, which he planned to effloresce into the Universal House of Justice. He wanted to bring the Faith to the remaining people of the world so instead of making another seven year plan with a three year period in between it, in 1953 he had a ten year crusade. This plan of Shoghi Effendi was carrying out 'Abdu'l-Baha's injunction called "'Abdu'l-Baha's Divine plan" for bringing the Faith to the world. Dr. Jensen and his wife participated in this ten-year world crusade. They gave up their practice and their livelihood and went to two tiny islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar. 3 The first island was called Reunion. The people of this island had never heard of the Baha'i Faith, Leland and Opal were the first ones to take them the Message. It was a French-owned island, which practiced Catholicism as the State Religion. When Doc told the French speaking people his name - they would say your name means "the Land." In a short time, they had taught 25-30 people and raised up a Baha'i Community. At this time, 150 people were knighted by Shoghi Effendi as Knights of Baha'u'llah. Leland and Opal received this honor for their successful teaching. They then went to Mauritius Island. Ottely Ryan had gone to this island before and she'd brought two people into the Faith there in a period of about two or three years.
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